Bedstead



(No Model.)

P. L; WHITE.

BEDSTEAD.

Patented July 19 Hm mm, N

WW W L T C a P UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

PETER L. WHITE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

`EEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,048. dated July 19.1892- Application tiled February l0, 1892. Serial No. 421.1317. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER L. WHITE, a citizen of the United States` residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare the followi ng to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, suchV as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in bedsteads; and its object is to provide the same with certain new and useful features, hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective of a device embodylng my invention, and Fig. 2 a vertical sectlon of a portion of the same.

A represents the head-board, the upper portion of which is set between the posts A near the side toward the bed and separated from the lower portion of the head-board, leaving a horizontal slit or opening midway of said head-board, within which are located two rolls B and C close to the respective sides of said opening and a short distance from each other to let the shams and netting pass between them. Another roll Dis located behind the upper edge of the head-board, and all these rolls are journaled at their respective ends in the posts A. rIhe shams L are inserted beneath the upper roll B and are attached to the ends of tapes J, which tapes extend upward behind the head-board, thence over the upper roll D, and are attached at their other ends to a bar E,which runs in grooves G in the head-board posts. A horizontal bar H serves to stop the bar E as it descends and is adjustable in the horizontal grooves I. The weight of the bar E is about equal to that of the shams, so that when said shams are drawn out and laid upon the bed the friction of the same thereon will keep them in place; but when raised in the air the bar E will descend in the groove G, and the roll B turning with little friction the shams will be drawn under the same and upward toward the roll D and suspended behind the head-board, the bar H being adjusted in the proper grooves I, so that it will stop the bar E as the lower edge of the shams reach the roll B. The shams can thus be removed from the bed and stowed behind the head-board or seized by the lower edge and drawn forward upon the bed at pleasure.

M represents any suitable netting, which passes over the upper side of the roll C and thence downward behind the lower part of the head-board, having attached a bar F to counterbalance it and draw it over said roll. Said bar F runs in the lower part of the grooves G and has no stop.V To the front edge ot said netting is attached a rod or 4strip K, which extends beyond the same at each side and engages the head-board posts A and stops the further movement of the netting M and the bar E without running against the rolls B B and holding the shams L. The position of the shams and netting may be reversed, il desirable, or either one may be omitted, together with its corresponding rolls and bars or bar, rod, and roll, as the case maybe. Itis obvious, also, that a spring-roll such as is commonly used for window-curtains may be substituted for the roll D and the tapes wound thereon, omittingr the bar E and groove to guide the same; but I prefer the construction shown.

What I claim is- I. In a bedstead, a head-board having a horizontal slit near the middle, a roll journaled in the upper side of said slit, a roll journaled near the top of and behind said headboard, tapes attached to the upper edge of Vthe pillow-shams andpassing under the firstnamed roll and over the upper roll, and a bar attached to the other end of said tapes, substantially as described.

2. In a bedstead, a head-board having a horizontal slit near the middle, a roll near the top and behind said head-board, pillow-shams having their upper edges inserted in said slit and extended upward and over said roll and attached to a bar sliding in vertical grooves in the head-board posts, and an adjustable stop for said sliding bar, substantially as described.

3. In a bedstead, a head-board having a horizontal slit near the middle, rolls j ournaled in the same near its respective upper and lower sides and a short distance apart, a roll journaled near the top of and behind said head-board, verticalgroovesin thehead-board orally-projecting rod attached to its forward posts, Weight-bars running in said grooves, end, substantially as described. ro shams passing between said rolls, tapes at- Intestimonywhereof I affix my signature in taehed to the upper edge of said shams, passpresence of two witnesses.

5 ing over said upper roll, and attached to said PETER L. "WHITE upper Weight-bar, and a netting also passing W'itnesses: between said rolls, attached t0 said lower A. O. CROZIER, Weighbbar at its rear end, and having a lat- LUTHER V. MOULTON. 

